Hungary – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó visited St. Petersburg at the end of August to meet with Gazprom Group CEO Alexei Miller. The two men then agreed on the details of a new long-term contract for the purchase of Russian gas…
In vogue since the early 1990s and tested by several countries and some companies since then, the four-day working week has been actively discussed since the beginning of the “Covid era”. In March 2020, the Hungarian Euro-enthusiast party Momentum even included it…
Hungary - Following the Hungary-England football match on Thursday 2 September, during which racist abuse was reported, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a tweet in which he expressed that it was "completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in…
Pologne – On September 7-9, 2021, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland is organizing the 30th edition of the Europe of the Carpathians conference in Karpacz. The event is organized together with the biggest economy meeting in Central Europe: the Economic…
Hungary – For several weeks now, the pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet has been opening its columns every Monday to the head of the Hungarian Central Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB), György Matolcsy, who comments on the Hungarian, European and international economic…
Hungary – After being the first European country to (proudly) announce third vaccine injections against Covid-19 as of 1 August, Hungary may soon become the first country to have a significant number of people with four jabs.
This time, the move is…
Lithuania - After realizing its initial mistake of granting entry to 4,000 illegals crossing from Belarus, the government of Lithuania is finally grasping reality.
So far, so good: Lithuania has turned down all (100%) illegal migrants’ asylum applications.
However, two huge challenges…
The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference is bitterly critical of the Morawiecki government’s health policy towards the Church.
Poland – On August 5, the Polish Catholic Information Agency (KAI) published an article by the president of the bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanisław…
Poland/Germany – The conviction in Germany of Dariusz Oko, a Catholic priest, professor of humanities and lecturer at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, has caused a stir in Poland. The story has even made it to the cover…
Poland – On 7 July, the PiS group announced that it once again had a majority in the Sejm thanks to the return of one of the three MPs who had left at the end of June. The government formed by the…
Hungary – The Hungarian law on paedophilia and the protection of children concerning sexuality, which was passed by the unicameral Országház (Hungarian parliament) on 15 June, has been written about extensively and has caused heated debate. There have been countless reactions from…
Slovakia – Following appeals made by Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakian President, and Vladimír Lengvarský, Slovakian health minister, to the three former prime ministers of their country, the leader of Smer DF (populist social-democrats) Robert Fico, head of the government from 2012 to 2018,…